Council gardeners

Blame the pen-pushers Motinot. What a waste. They are annuals, but look as though they still have plenty of colour.
Don't you feel like contacting the appropriate department. to complain. I suppose they want to get the bulbs in, but surely it could wait another 2 or 3 weeks.

Why Motinot, Mad? lol. It does seem an awful shame doesn't it but I suppose it depends how much of it there is to do and how many teams there are to do it. Or maybe they have a set date to do these acts of vandalism regardless.
That's your pretty outlook gone then, Balcony.

Oops! Sorry Balcony, don't know why I did that. I wondered what Lily2 meant, took me quite a few seconds to fall in. Must be tired ....... thats my excuse anyway. Sorry. Hope Motinot hasn't complained to the wrong Council!

Our Council is the Same Balcony :( It would be lovely if the Council gave all the Perennial Plants&Grasses away 2 good homes,All theyd need 2 do is put up an advert & maybe give out letters 2 those who are sucessful in apply 4 them ?:)

Our council takes the perennials etc. back to the nursery and uses them the following year.

Gosh! I shouldn't think many do that, Mg! Good idea, though! :-))

What a shame, Balcony - it seems very early, and a waste of colour, too.

My personal view is that the council needs to stop using bedding plants... the nearest town to us has roundabouts at each end. These are permanently planted up with heathers in the shape of an airplane propellor with gravel around them. They look good throughout most of the year. Colour from the eric. leaves and the flowers. They need minimal maintenance and watering and... you can see over them!

It seems too early to do that. The more I see of councils the more certain I am that they don't have any sense.

I totally agree! Who's paying for the destruction - us!

Thanks for your comments. It is a shame they start so early but they have done that every one of the 8 years I've lived here. That's why I know when to expect them - more or less! They can't have very many blokes on the teams because they come round in a sudden blitz & hey presto all change! In about a week's time they'll be back with the new plants & in a few hours the new plants will be in! :-)

A few years ago they stopped planting bulbs in our flowerbed & in the flowerbeds in the shops carpark.

The beds on the triangular roundabout often get planted up with 100s of Hyacinths & when in flower are a treat to the eyes - & nose! I have some photos of the beds in spring as well as the summer. I will have to look them up & upload some & perhaps make a spring blog! LOL!

I've just uploaded a photo of the flowerbed as it can be seen as of today, the last day of September. What will October bring, I wonder?

What a terrible waste, of money, man power and beautiful plants but I suspect there is some pen pusher who has read a newspaper gardening blog which says
{Oct.} remove summer bedding and prepare the ground for .........

Mind you I would have been out there with a wheelbarrow to collect as much as they would give me for my compost heap. I know you live in a flat Balcony and can't do this but I will be keeping my eye's open for when they attack around here!

The Cleomes at least in the flowerbed here were ready to be pulled up, they had very few flowers & had mildew. Some of the Begonias were looking a little worse for wear as well. The big, whippy plants with mauve flowers, can't think of their name, were still going just fine.